How about some ...Famous Abbreviations???

[Stuart G]

Common text abbreviations

•ROFL: Rolling on floor laughing.
•STFU: Shut the *swear word!* up.
•ICYMI: In case you missed it.
•TL;DR: Too long, didn't read.
•LMK: Let me know.
•NVM: Nevermind.
•TGIF: Thank goodness it's Friday.
•TBH: To be honest.
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•LOL: Laughing out loud.
•ASAP: As soon as possible.
•FYI: For your information.
•G2G: Got to go.
•FB: Facebook.
•MSG: Message.
•TTYL: Talk to you later.
•IMO: In my opinion.
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[underpants]

1. VCU

Needs no explanation

[Stuart G]

2. Of course it doesn't.......but for those that need help..here it is:...

https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=hts&oq=&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGNI_enUS494US495&q=VCU#spf=1616293546710

[2naSalit]

4. I don't get it.

[underpants]

6. I posted about VCU (Va. Commonwealth) having a no-contest basketball game due to COVID tests.

Oregon won the game - NCAA basketball tourney.

Stuart asked that we not use abbreviations
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215250259

Someone pointed out that the entire article on ESPN says VCU never saying what it stood for. Watching CBS discussion about this happening never said anything but VCU either. Sports fans, especially basketball fans, know what VCU is.

[2naSalit]

7. But that makes sense!

Thanks.

[malthaussen]

27. I always thought USC meant University of Southern California...

... until I lived for awhile in South Carolina.

-- Mal

[True Dough]

3. How about

FDR

JFK


LBJ

[electric_blue68]

9. You forgot...

MLK

RFK

👍

[spooky3]

18. and RBG nt

[electric_blue68]

33. Woah... Of course!!! 💖

[spooky3]

34. :-)

[Phoenix61]

5. I must have missed ICYMI.nt

[blm]

8. Dem: WWJD? What Would Jesus Do?

GOP: WWACD? What Would Anti-Christ Do?

[electric_blue68]

10. Bwah! 👍

[ironflange]

13. WWFSMD?

What Would Flying Spaghetti Monster Do?

[blm]

30. Heh

[UTUSN]

11. SPQR

Well?!1 ---------- you *did* specify "Famous"!!!!1


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPQR

SPQR

an abbreviation for Senātus Populusque Rōmānus (Classical Latin: [sɛˈnaːtʊs pɔpʊˈlʊskʷɛ roː'maːnʊs ]; English: "The Roman Senate and People"; or more freely "The Senate and People of Rome" ), is an emblematic abbreviated phrase referring to the government of the ancient Roman Republic. It appears on Roman currency, at the end of documents made public by an inscription in stone or metal, and in dedications of monuments and public works.

The full phrase appears in Roman political, legal, and historical literature, such as the speeches of Cicero and Ab Urbe Condita Libri ("Books from the Founding of the City" ) of Livy.

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[Diamond_Dog]

12. IIRC

If I Remember Correctly

[OilemFirchen]

14. My fave has always been WYSIWYG.

It's the Escher of acronyms and initialisms, especially by being the thing it describes.

[Stuart G]

15. The above is: "What you say, is what you get" (now you know wout googling anything!!)

[OilemFirchen]

21. What you *see*.

[Pobeka]

16. OMG!!! (!! required, I think)

[Pobeka]

17. FWIW, here's another one ;-)

[Claire Oh Nette]

19. IOKIYAR

It's OK if you're a republican



and since baseball's coming, FTFY.

[lastlib]

23. NSFW

"Not Safe For Work/Wife"

TMALSS--"To Make A Long Story Short"

YOMANK--"You Owe Me A New Keyboard!" (coffee spew)

LSHIPMP--"Laughed So Hard I Peed My Pants"

[Harker]

29. Frank Thomas's favorite year?

Been a long time since I've seen a game.

[dalton99a]

24. Kick

[unblock]

25. Rtfm "read the manual"

[malthaussen]

26. My favorite has to be CincUS...

... which was mil-speak for "Commander-in-Chief, US fleet," until somebody actually pronounced it out loud.

-- Mal

[Harker]

28. I figured out RFN from malaise.

Took me a couple minutes.

[lpbk2713]

31. ECOMCON

Seven Days in May

[wnylib]

32. A few more

AFIK - as far as I know
BTW - by the way
UR - you are
RU - are you?
VS - versus
IDK - I don't know